>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> what is happening in pajaro we have about 1700 people displaced. the town is completely underwater. we are tending to their needs as best as we can. ama: an entire town evacuating after this we can's levy. it comes as another atmospheric river takes aim at the day. good evening. i'm ama daetz. julian: and i am julie e-gov -- julian glover. ama: we have modified concerns in sonoma county. julian: first up we get to meteorologist sandhya patel.

hi there. sandhya: hi. let's get to live doppler 7. we have showers but this is not based on that will bring us the height impact. we are getting some light showers. get ready. you have a few hours to go before this level 3 strong storm arrives with the atmospheric river. as you can see, live doppler 7 is tracking it appeared we have a flood watch from 10:00 tonight until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. the entire bay area that watch. flooding likely in creeks, streams, rivers, and roads. we have an advisory until 5:00 a.m. wednesday for the entire region. wind gusts will range from 50 to 70 miles an hour. those strong damaging winds are expected to take down trees and cause outages.wi6: nt u00 see light showers. it really gets going overnight come up tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., you will see those

downpours, the winds will be strong. this is a level 3 on our exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale, downpours, gusty winds, possible thunder, downed trees, and power outages are some of the main concerns, but it is a high likelihood of mudslides and debris flows along with river flooding on places like people pajaro river to continue, a high likelihood of the other roadway flooding, trees down and outages. i will be back with a look at how much rain we are looking at and how strong those winds will be coming up, ama. ama: thank you. flooding has devastated parts of monterey county today levy break in the community of pajaro has forced the evacuation of nearly 2000. abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes is lit with a look at the devastation. zach? zach: it is frightening to hear that forecast, the more rain, more water can becoming to the

area. take a look. the town is flooded. waters will not reseed for some time -- recede for some time. until the levy break can be reconstructed, the water will not reced. people are trying to figure out just what happens next. it has been a heartbreaking weekend for the residents of pajaro in monterey county. people like andres garcia and his family were left with nowhere to go but county evacuation centers. andres: we got evacuated around 1:30 in the morning. we had a few minutes, two or three minutes. here. people displaced from their homes, virtually the entire town. >> my neighbor is, like, 80 something years old. has no water. trying to get water to him, they

won't even let take him water. zach: monterey county sheriffs say with current conditions, they cannot let people back home. this more recent atmospheric river has brought more rain inmo eynter this was tremendous, a dt hit, this atmospheric river that was full, full, ufull moisture. nty was izach: this district ins pajaro. >> low income, many immigrants, and this is the worst thing that could happen to them at this time. this is residents least. the damages to their home and vehicles is going to be severe, and the pain is going to be prolonged for many weeks and months. zach: he is calling on governor gavin newsom and joe biden to bring in more federal resources to monterey county. he says what happens to this community, made up of mostly

farmworkers and add land, will have a large-scale impact. >> this will have an impact on our food supply. beyond that, the impact to jobs will be enormous, is going to be severe, because these farmworkers are going to be out of work for a very long period of time. zach: a period of time many of those workers say is agonizing. >> we don't know yet. it depends on the weather. zach: so, again, crews working to stabilize the they are working around-the-clock. they hope to have that done today so the water can finally start receding. the main focus is how the hardest to parts of monterey county will handle this next atmospheric river expected to come. we have information on how to help this community up on our social media, if you want to help out. we will continue to track all of the conditions here in monterey county. live in monterey county, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. julian: you can find that information on abc7news.com.

in the north bay, two homes have been red tagged and some thirst -- some others are in danger after receiving too much rain. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is closely watching the movement of that hillside. cornell: hi, julian, yeah. all eyes of the neighborhood are on this hill above cooper drive. it is so saturated, the earth is moving toward the homes below. as a precaution, two homes behind me have been read tagged, and other homes in the area are at risk tonight. >> we are sitting in our living room, and we hear cracking, and it is the fence shifting and breaking. cornell: it is not the sound becca acosta wants to hear, buckling from a landslide slowly pushing a wall of dirt into her backyard from the hillside above. >> more rain on the way, so we will see how much of the dirt continues to shift. i'm not, you know, we don't know

what to expect, really. we are hoping we don't get read tagged -- red tagged like some of the other area homes. cornell: it is unsafe for residents to stay here, as the hills continue to move. plastic tarps are lining the slope to keep the rain away. the fire department says concern about this area began settlements away -- ago. >> this hillside began movement back in january. the rain we've had, back to back storms, the saturation of the soil has moved a considerable amount more. cornell: city engineers monitoring hour-by-hour. >> right now, the focus is stabilizing and minimizing damage and figuring out a repair plan. cornell: the biggest worry surrounds another atmospheric river which could bring in another two inches to three inches of rain to santa rosa by tuesday could homeowner jim knows that will not be good for this unstable hill. jim: if it keeps on going, it could potentially slide these

houses off their foundation, and it could potentially slide my, too. cornell: safe to say a very stressful time here. the fire department says the property above the homes is owned by a synagogue at the top of the hill. that congregates in tells us -- that congregation sells us it is working closely with engineers to protect with sandbags, and once the area is safe, the city plans to remove portions of a lot of the dirt to reduce the threat. in order for that to happen, they need dry weather. as you know, another storm is on the way. we are live in santa rosa tonight, i'm cornell barnard, abc 7 news. julian: thank you so much. you can keep track of the changing weather conditions and get the same live doppler 7 that our weather team uses. it is available on demand on the abc 7 bay area app. you can download it right now wherever you stream. ama: now to the latest on the abrupt collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank.

president biden announced today his administration is stepping up to make sure customers of the bank retrieve their money. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz is here with the impacts. liz: president biden insisted today that taxpayers will not be the one bailing out these banks. he laid out his plan while also ensuring americans that the financial system is stable and that people should not be worried about their own deposit. but of course, the sudden collapse of these blanks hat -- banks has raised a lot of westerns and concerns. pres. biden: americans can have confidence the banking system is safe. liz: it is an extraordinary step by the federal government, president biden saying his administration is stepping in. pres. biden: no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. liz: how exactly will that work? we asked finance professor matthew faulkner to break it down. prof. faulkner: this is not a bailout. liz: what the biden

administration is doing is said -- instead is imposing an assessment fee that will require every bank to pay a fee. those fees will cover the losses. pres. biden: instead, the money will come from fees the banks pay. prof. faulkner: the u.s. banking system working together to cover. liz: the money generated from the assessment fees will go toward paying back silicon valley bank customers who had more than 250,000 dollars in their account. those with 250,000 dollars or less are already insured by the federal, or fdic. faulkner's as well are some questions of silicon valley bank, he is hopeful it is an isolated incident. prof. faulkner: it looks like it is a combination of a starting economy within our general macroeconomic economy. money was not flowing the way it was 10 years ago. liz: after the bank asked the public for money last week, customers got spooked and made a

run to get their money back, causing the bank to shut down. prof. faulkner: if every annual pass holder at disneyland showed up to disneyland on the same date, disneyland would shut down. it would not be able to operate. liz: faulkner's question now is about what presidents the biden administration is setting for banks and future failures. prof. faulkner: if they know they're going to come help out the depositors, investments, you have these things to think about going forward. liz: another question i'm sure a lot of people have at home right now, is there anything i can do to protect my own deposits? faulkner says if you want to be the most careful, you can disperse your money into multiple accounts at different banks, and only keep $250,000 or less in each of those accounts. that is the amount insured by the fbi. live in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. julian: great information. thank you. after the break, jimmy g. has found a new home. we will tell you where the

former san francisco 49ers qb has landed. chris: we've got more sports from here at chase. the warriors, a huge game against the

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julian: welcome back. jimmy garoppolo's on-again, off-again relationship with the 49ers has officially come to a close. on the first day of the nfl free agency, garoppolo agreed to a three-year, $72 million deal with the las vegas raiders. pretty well. garoppolo was a proven winner for the 49ers but battled through a lot of injuries. problem's signing put them into a drawing spree for the jimmy g. super fan. within a year ago, read about it to do a different garoppolo

drawing every day until he got traded. that was 4 ago, and drawings later, herin artwork as jimmy g. all stretched out. the artist wh goes by the instagram name of rita oak art tells abc 7 she has not ruled out one final garoppolo drawing. ama: all right, well, happening tonight, the warriors' playoff push continues with a huge home game against the phoenix suns. golden state is coming off a huge win where steph curry helped lead a huge comeback against milwaukee in overtime. chris alvarez has more. hi, chris. chris: stephen curry is one day shy of 35. it is his birthday tomorrow pete on saturday, abc 7 put on a vintage shope you he literally willed the warriors to victory in overtime over milwaukee. curry scoring 22 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter in overtime in

that win. not to mention a huge game saving blocky had to end the fourth quarter. you see how fired up steph was. in the final three minutes of fourth quarter's and overtime, he is 14 and 20 of shots that tie or take the lead. translation, curry is clutch. >> obviously, there is reactions to the game, and you feel good about yourself, and there is a certain toughness and grit that we showed. >> chase center has been great for us, so we had to figure out a way to take that on the road for us with some games coming up. >> he's locked in, true pro, he gets it, and it is showing up in his game, the age of 35, which he is turning in a couple of days, that he is still able to do it at that level, night in and night out, with no sign of slowing down. chris: so the warriors are going to need steph and everyone to step it up. obviously they have been good at

home, but on the road, a five road trip coming up, 7 and 26 on the road. there last road win, january 30. we were still playing football the last time the warriors won away from chase. they have to change that trend starting later this week. more coming up from chase and a lot more football news at 6:50 when sports combat, guys. ama: thank you.

ama: montgomery high school is beefing up security, putting an officer on campus today and tomorrow. it comes in the way of a second concerning incident this month it on friday, parents called police to report the school had sent in email, seeing two students had brought knives to school. that is before police even heard it from school administrators. mr. daines were arrested the next day. that comes a few weeks after 16-year-old jayden pienta was stabbed and killed in class during a fight.

the school district announcement, high school's principal and assistant principal -- announced put on leave. -- announced school principal and assistant prince will have been placed on leave. sandhya: let me show you live doppler 7. the leading edge of the storm is still on the coastline. the moisture plume for miles. be prepared. here are safety tips for you. never drive-thru flooded areas could as this level 3 storm moves and, there will be flooding. evacuate if ordered to do so. listen to your emergency officials, and have a to go bag, not just for yourself but your pets and your loved ones as well. take a look at live pictures from our tower cameras. . it is a rainy view from mount tam.

zephyr cove, tahoe is reporting rain right now. as we take a look at those dew points without moist source of air, dew points are and what we call the muggy range, the measure of moisture in the air, low to mid 50's, even 57 in novato. if it feels sticky to you, that is why. temperatures in the 50's and 60's. it has been a mild to warm day today for many areas it as we check out live doppler 7, we are picking up a lot of moisture off the coastline. certainly seeing a few showers in the northern part of our viewing area, hidden valley lake, these are showers ahead of the storm. here is the view from our camera. it is a dreary view. strong level 3 storm arrives overnight. we have a brief two-daybreak tuesday and thursday for on our schools if abc 7 news storm impact scale, it is a strong level 3, downpours at times, gusty winds, flooding, possible damage from the flooding in the gusty winds, we are expecting the possibility of thunderstorms, downed trees, and power outages.

as we show you the winds right now, you little gusty, 20 eight sfo, 26 in napa, but those winds are really going to ramp up as we head late tonight and tomorrow morning for it out of the south, southeast, 35 miles an hour, 11:00 a.m., over 50 miles an hour winds on the coast. hills will see the strongest winds as we head into tuesday afternoon. still very windy. ground so saturated, it will not take a lot of wind to topple trees. power outages are likely around the region. tomorrow at 2:00 a.m., moderate to heavy rain hits the bay area. 5:00 a.m., that commute is going to be nasty. 6:00, not only the windy conditions but downpours around the region. drew tuma will be here starting at 4:00 a.m. tracking this market as we head into 9:00 a.m., the rain intensity let's up showers are expected to be afternoon and evening hours, although not quite as heavy. the damage is done with the creeks and rivers already starting to rise rapidly. rainfall estimates for the

region will be in the one inch to almost three inch category. santa cruz mountains picking up less. speaking of the mountains, winter storm warning until 5:00 p.m. wednesday. expecting up to one feet to three feet above 6500 feet, up to five feet above 8000 feet. snow levels will be rising, heavy rain falling at the low elevations will lead to widespread flooding in the mountains. 40's, 50's on those temperatures. it is a stormy start tomorrow afternoon. we are looking at a cooler day, mid-50's to low 60's, and wet and windy at times. the accuweather 7-day forecast, a level 3 stormy chance, a level 1 system for friday, light rain, scattered showers saturday. this is not going to be an atmospheric river for the weekend but more wet weather sunday afternoon and evening going into the first day of spring, which is monday. that is going to be a webbing and windy start as well, julian and ama. julian: yosemite national park remains closed because of this extreme winter weather, put on

our 3:00 p.m. show, "getting answers," the national park spokesperson said they had planned for a partial reopening on friday. he says they are hoping to get yosemite valley and other areas, including the hotel and campgrounds, back open for st. patrick's day. but that depends on what happens with these upcoming atmospheric rivers. yosemite has been close for the past two and a half weeks. and as savio just mentioned, our morning team will be here for you -- sandhya just mentioned, our morning team will be here for you. tune into a special edition of abc 7 news mornings starting tomorrow bright and early. join abc 7 ne meteorologist drew tuma and the entire team as they get you started. ama: salmon fishing in california has been canceled this year. it is another indication of how the drought has devastated the industry. the national marine fisheries service is prohibiting commercial fishing in the state until next year. the agency made the decision to protect young sunup salmon --

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julian: we still have much more ahead. ama: let's get to karina nova. karina: next, we continue our coverage of the level 3 storm moving into the bay area tonight. mudslides, flooding, and power outages are expecting. we will time it out for you. plus, tomorrow is equal pay day, a date that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. we will break down where california stands on the wage gap, what is being done to address a. join us for those stories and more at 5:30. ama: thank you, karina. you can download the abc seven app or head to abc7news.com to join karina. julian: world news tonight with david muir is next. tanks for watching. ama: we will see you again at

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tonight, president biden takes emergency action to calm fears following the collapse of two u.s. banks. what's being done? also, the nor'easter set to slam the northeast. dangerous winds, heavy rain, and snow. first tonight, the president coming before the cameras to ease concerns after federal regulators take control of those two u.s. banks. are other banks safe? and who is paying for this? rebecca jarvis live on wall street. also this monday night, we're tracking two major storms on both sides of the country. the powerful nor'easter, those dangerous winds, heavy rain, difficult driving along the i-95 corridor expected. philadelphia up through new york and boston. and up to two feet of snow in some parts. new york already declaring a and nemohec veency tonig. slamming california.